# Casey Winters

> Casey Winters is a co-founder and CEO of SuperMe, an AI-native professional network backed by Greylock and Reid Hoffman. He is one of the most respected growth and product operators in Silicon Valley, having scaled Grubhub from 40,000 customers in 3 cities to 3 million users in 1,000+ cities, then led Pinterest's growth from 40 million to 400 million users, and later served as CPO of Eventbrite through a pandemic that wiped out the live events industry. A longtime Reforge program partner and prolific writer at caseyaccidental.com, Winters is known for first-principles thinking, blunt contrarianism, and a deep aversion to cargo-cult growth frameworks.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at SuperMe
- **Organizations:** SuperMe, Reforge, Eventbrite, Pinterest, Grubhub, Greylock Partners
- **From:** United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BBA in Marketing, Loyola University Chicago, MBA in Marketing Management, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- **Known for:** Scaled Grubhub from 40,000 customers/3 cities to 3 million users/1,000+ cities through a $7.3 billion exit, Led Pinterest's growth from 40 million to 400+ million active users; tripled organic traffic, 5x'd conversion, Served as CPO at Eventbrite through COVID-19 pandemic and led successful product-led growth pivot

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Joined Apartments.com as Marketing Analyst in Chicago
- **2008** — Joined Grubhub as 15th employee and first marketing hire when company had ~40,000 customers in 3 cities
- **2013** — Grubhub went public; Casey joins Pinterest as Growth Product Team Lead
- **2017** — Joined Greylock Partners as Growth Advisor in Residence, advising Airbnb, Canva, Discord, Figma, Tinder, Reddit and others
- **2018** — Became Program Partner at Reforge, co-building growth and product strategy curriculum
- **2019** — Joined Eventbrite as Chief Product Officer
- **2020** — Led Eventbrite through COVID-19 pandemic that wiped out the live events industry
- **2022** — Left Eventbrite; began independent advisory work and angel investing (50+ investments)
- **2024** — Co-founded SuperMe with Ludo Antonov; raised $6.8M seed led by Greylock

## Achievements

- Scaled Grubhub from 40,000 customers/3 cities to 3 million users/1,000+ cities through a $7.3 billion exit
- Led Pinterest's growth from 40 million to 400+ million active users; tripled organic traffic, 5x'd conversion
- Served as CPO at Eventbrite through COVID-19 pandemic and led successful product-led growth pivot
- Greylock Growth Advisor in Residence advising Airbnb, Canva, Figma, Discord, Tinder, Reddit
- 50+ angel investments including Faire, Whatnot, Clay, Loops, EvenUp, Bounce, Printify
- Raised $6.8M seed round for SuperMe backed by Greylock and Reid Hoffman
- Program Partner at Reforge building product strategy and advanced growth curriculum
- Frequent guest on Lenny Rachitsky's podcast, one of top product/growth podcasts globally

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Co-founded SuperMe and raised $6.8M seed round led by Greylock with Reid Hoffman as investor
- **2025-01** — SuperMe launched publicly with ~3,000 AI profiles and 30,000+ conversations
- **2025-12** — Continuing to write at caseyaccidental.com on growth channel strategy, product sequencing, and AI's impact on professional networks
- **2026-04** — Active on X (@onecaseman) discussing AI's impact on marketplaces and growth strategy

## Links

- Website: https://www.caseyaccidental.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseywinters/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/onecaseman

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Last updated: 2026-04-28